Aarhus Convention, The: An Implementation Guide

The Aarhus Convention, adopted in June 1998, grants the public rights and imposes on Parties and public authorities obligations regarding access to information and public participation in environmental matters. This implementation guide to the Convention provides a general overview of the Convention's origins and its obligations, describes the Convention's structure and options for implementation, and analyzes each provision of the Convention. Of interest to policy makers and public authorities involved in the task of transposing the Convention into national legislation. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)